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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will examine the relationship between the economy and social welfare. In particular, it will focus on how different economic policies affect the social environment in which social workers exercise their profession. Thus, for example, it will look at how different economic policies affect the labor market, the rate of unemployment, homelessness and poverty. The course will give particular attention to the theories that economists and policymakers use to justify their economic policies, such as neo-liberal economic theories and Keynesian economic theories, in order to understand their strengths, weaknesses and hidden assumptions. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the practical and theoretical issues of aging. The course includes psychological, sociological, economic, and historical approaches in its examination f the elderly. Current government programs and alternative living arrangements for the aged such as nursing homes are given special emphasis. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department Course Attributes: GE TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical development of social welfare institutions and the social work profession in modern industrial and post-industrial societies. Attention is focused on changes in the labor market, the relationship between social welfare programs and the growth of capitalism, the philosophical arguments surrounding the provision of social welfare services, the social demography of poverty, and issues facing today's social workers. This course is a prerequisite for admission into the social work program. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
From social work's macro perspective, students will study how social and economic injustice impacts human development in urban, inner city communities. Co-learners will question selected assumptions, stereotypes, and images of oppressed communities in relation to the values, ethics and mission of social work practice. The implications and ramifications of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and dysfunctional schools systems will be studied as well as issues of race, class and socio-economic changes that have impacted human development in inner city communities. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department Course Attributes: GE TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE, SS-Sch Core-Consc & Society
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3.00 Credits
This course is a pre-professional introduction to social work. Class work will focus on social work roles in the human services, agency structure and functioning, social work values and ethics, the nature of the helping process, and issues related to the delivery of social services. In addition, students will complete 80 hours of supervised fieldwork in a social service setting, intended to complement the course content. This course, together with SWRK 222 History and Philosophy of Social Welfare, is a prerequisite for admission into the Social Work Program. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the child welfare system and its historical development. Students will gain an understanding of the basic child welfare policies, programs and practices. A survey of supplemental, supportive, and substitute services is provided. Roles of the child welfare social worker in child protective services, adoption and foster care will be explored. In order to develop culturally competent practitioners the impact of poverty, oppression, race and ethnicity on children is discussed. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will focus on aspects and configurations of cultural and human diversity within the social environment. The course will examine individual, group, and community responses to cultural diversity and discrimination. Racism, sexism, ethnicity, ageism, homophobia, social class, and discrimination against the physically disabled and persons with AIDS will be explored from a developmental and ecological systems perspective. Sstudents will analyze selected theories, concepts, and empirical data related to the harmful effects of inequality,discrimination, prejudice, and oppression. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course offers an understanding of the complex interplay of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural influences involved in human development throughout the life cycle. An ecological systems approach will be used to draw together basic concepts from biology, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and environmental studies in order that students may understand individual, family, and small group behavior and development. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo college course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Social Work Department
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